Poor sound.

[Sqad]

One new Sky HD box serving 2 HD enabled Sony TV's one next to Skybox, the other TV in another room.

SonyTV in "another room" sound is poor......even nearing maximum volume.

Any ideas?

[shoota]

Wax?

[Sqad]

LOL,,,it's the "old lady's TV".....but will get her ears checked.....

[tonyav]

Tell her to sit closer to the TV, sqad !

[Sqad]

tony....bloody hell....YOU tell her ;-)

[tonyav]

LOL. gawd that sqad is a coward.

[Hopkirk]

Switch the TVs over and see if it is the TV or cabling.

[Ellipsis]

How have you connected the box to the TVs? What cables, what outputs on the box, what inputs on the TVs?

For a quick test:

Try disconnecting the TV that works well. Is the bad one still bad?
If so, what if you connect the bad one to the output that the good one is currently connected to - still bad?
If so, is it possible to swap cables and see if that makes a difference to which TV is bad?

[Sqad]

Hopkirk/Ellipsis.....thanks, will do it in the morning.......she is watching at the moment and i would like to keep my b@lls intact for a little longer.

Will get back to you both.

P.S the distance between the 2 TV's is too far to fiddle with the cables.........anyway.......which cables?

[Ellipsis]

The cables that connect the Sky box to the TV.

Anyway, I've been doing a bit of digging. I'm guessing that the HD box is connected to your second TV not via a HDMI cable but via normal co-ax. If that's the case, before you try anything else, try this (quoted from a Sky manual):

Connecting TV Link
You will need to switch the RF power supply to on. To do this press the services button at the top of your Sky±HD remote control and press the right arrow once to navigate from options to settings. Press select, and picture should now be highlighted.
On your Sky±HD remote type 0 and then 1 on the numeric keypad at the bottom of the remote then press select, and the setup tab should now be highlighted. Press the right arrow 3 times to navigate to RF outlets and press select. Press the down arrow to navigate to RF outlet power supply. Change RF outlet power supply to on and press the green button to save the new setting.

[Sqad]

Ellipsis.......I value your input...........went into her room, but she told me to bu99er off (well that is what she meant) so will have ago in the morning........thanks again.

[Ellipsis]

De nada ...

[Sqad]

Ellipsis...update......sorry mate.

Followed your instructions and all went well until I had to type in 0 followed by 1.....neither registered on the TV and it all came to nothing.

But thanks for your help.

[Ellipsis]

Sqad - I tried this at home last night.

The 0 and 1 is a tricky step - it does not appear on the TV screen. But the Sky box registers it (if you look at the Sky box rather than the TV you'll see it acknowledging that the buttons are being pressed). If you then press the Select button, the Setup menu will appear. Then carry on following the instructions I posted above.

[Sqad]

Right...will report back.

No....did it all, but no change in the volume....thanks again.

[Ellipsis]

OK then the quick fix did not work. If you want to get into fiddling with cables then we need to go back to my post at 18:27 yesterday, which was:

How have you connected the box to the TVs? What cables, what outputs on the box, what inputs on the TVs?

For a quick test:

Try disconnecting the TV that works well. Is the bad one still bad?
If so, what if you connect the bad one to the output that the good one is currently connected to - still bad?
If so, is it possible to swap cables and see if that makes a difference to which TV is bad?

[Sqad]

Ellipsis.......LOL.......later maybe.....;=-)..........thanks.

[Ellipsis]

OK - when/if you're ready, take a look at this picture:

http://www.g0hwc.com/...es/sky+hdbox_rear.jpg

and tell me which cables are connected on your box.

[Sqad]

Ellipsis........yes I will.